Sunday, September 29, 2019

This Green Cement Company Says It Can Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions

See the numbers on energy and CO2 for this industry globally.

 

CNBC: This Green Cement Company Says It Can Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNF-dB4A9LA

 

 

 

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Thursday, September 19, 2019

Livescience.com: Texas Is Drowning Under One of the Wettest Storms in US History - millennium storms become a regular thing

Livescience.com: Texas Is Drowning Under One of the Wettest Storms in US History.
https://www.livescience.com/imelda-catastrophic-flooding-texas.html

Bezos’s Big Van Order Signals Amazon-Backed Rivian Is ‘For Real’ - gonna see more big fleet transitions now

The Verge: Google makes ‘biggest corporate purchase’ of renewable energy

BBC News: Trump denies promise that led to formal complaint from US spy

No, surely Donald wouldn't say anything to those guys.

Trump denies promise that led to formal complaint from US spy - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49763080

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

A fusion future appearing

AT&T pushed to unload DirecTV as troubles mount - Trump works to undermine the business out of spite

AP News: At rally, Warren decries Trump as 'corruption in the flesh' - hope the dems center on this

At rally, Warren decries Trump as 'corruption in the flesh'

NEW YORK (AP) — Facing thousands of cheering supporters in the nation's largest city, Democratic presidential contender Eliz...

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Yahoo News: New York Fed steps into market to move interest rates

Yahoo News: New York Fed steps into market to move interest rates.
https://news.yahoo.com/york-fed-steps-market-move-interest-rates-154639660.html
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CNN: A crack just emerged in the financial markets: The NY Fed spends $53 billion to rescue the overnight lending market

CNN: A crack just emerged in the financial markets: The NY Fed spends $53 billion to rescue the overnight lending market.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/business/overnight-lending-rate-spike-ny-fed/index.html

ConEd, 8 other utilities challenge Trump's energy rule, repeal of Clean Power Plan | Utility Dive

Thursday, September 12, 2019

NYTimes: Trump Administration Rolls Back Clean Water Protections

Greentech Media News: DNV GL: Renewables at 80% of Global Electricity Mix by 2050

Greentech Media News: DNV GL: Renewables at 80% of Global Electricity Mix by 2050.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/dnv-gl-renewables-at-80-of-global-electricity-mix-by-2050

CleanTechnica: LA & 8Minute Solar Ink Lowest Cost Solar-Plus-Storage Deal In US History

CleanTechnica: LA & 8Minute Solar Ink Lowest Cost Solar-Plus-Storage Deal In US History.
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/09/11/la-8minute-solar-ink-lowest-cost-solar-plus-storage-deal-in-us-history/

Re Fed Carbon taxes and regs


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Major oil, power and consumer products manufacturers released their most specific plans yet for a proposed nationwide tax on carbon dioxide that aims to halve U.S. emissions by 2035. The blueprint unveiled by the Climate Leadership Council calls for an initial $40 levy on each ton of CO2. The council, which unites major fossil fuel companies and some conservation groups, even agreed to jettison one of its most controversial initial proposals—a shield against climate-related lawsuits. But Big Oil and conservatives want something in return: In exchange for the fee, federal regulations targeting CO2 emissions from power plants, refineries and other industrial facilities would be swept away. —Josh Petri

 
"It quickly becomes a very daunting, and sometimes demotivating, topic."

—Kaitlin Crouch of ING Groep NV. Big banks are finally starting to account for climate change risk, but it's not easy.

 
 
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In addition to the trillions of dollars needed to wean the world off of fossil fuels, and thus hopefully slow global warming, humanity has to spend a similar amount to deal with the damage already done—and yet to come. About $1.8 trillion is needed by 2030 to just prepare civilization for the effects of the climate crisis, a new report said. However, there's a silver lining: the payoff could be four times as much.

As markets start to put a price on pollution, carbon farming is gaining in popularity. The agricultural technique, which stores CO2 emissions by regenerating soil and vegetation, could be a lifeline for U.K. farmers after Brexit (assuming Brexit even happens).

Natural-gas fired plants killed the economics of coal. By 2035, those same plants will be undercut themselves by wind and solar plants, a study found.  

California legislators will vote on a bill that would require state agencies to preserve federal standards on the environment, public health and worker safety that were in place on Jan. 19, 2017—the last full day of the Obama administration. The provisions would sunset at the end of President Trump's potential second term in January 2025. They're calling it "Trump insurance."

Global warming has opened up Arctic passages to new shipping routes. Now the melting ice is handing an opportunity to other industries. Submarine data cables have become easier to lay in previously frozen regions, offering a shorter route for communications between the world's major economic centers, and giving a competitive edge to high-frequency traders, data centers and connected factories.

 
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Trump told staff to squelch government experts who contradicted his incorrect claim and doctored map about Hurricane Dorian. NOAA administrator Neil Jacobs, who was reportedly told appointees might be fired, assailed his own  meteorologists. Democrats are investigating.

In the U.S., people who lose their homes to hurricanes often remain and rebuild. Canada, on the other hand, has responded to the escalating costs of the climate crisis by limiting aid after disasters, and even telling people to leave their homes for good. 

Vox lays out extreme weather scenarios for vulnerable parts of the U.S.: Hurricanes in Florida, extreme heat waves in Arizona and wildfires in California. It also reports on the controversy over Jonathan Franzen's New Yorker essay about how the battle to slow climate change is already lost.

 
 
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

BBC News: Water found for first time on potentially habitable planet

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

Water found for first time on potentially habitable planet - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49648746

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WAFB: State approves new rules on ‘net metering’ despite objections from solar industry - Another Ugly Utility

WAFB: State approves new rules on 'net metering' despite objections from solar industry.
https://www.wafb.com/2019/09/12/state-approves-new-rules-net-metering-despite-objections-solar-industry/
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Fwd: News Alert: Large parts of the globe have already passed the crucial climate threshold of 2 degrees Celsius of warming, Post analysis has found


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A Washington Post analysis of multiple temperature data sets found roughly one-tenth of the globe has already warmed by more than 2 degrees Celsius. That's more than five times the size of the United States. A hot zone off the South American coast illustrates a little-noticed trend in ocean warming — and the potentially catastrophic effects it can bring to marine life. Hot spots like these are the scenes of a critical acceleration, places where geophysical processes are amplifying the general warming trend. They unveil which parts of the Earth will suffer the largest changes.
 
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Large parts of the globe have already passed the crucial climate threshold of 2 degrees Celsius of warming, Post analysis has found

A Washington Post analysis of multiple temperature data sets found roughly one-tenth of the globe has already warmed by more than 2 degrees Celsius. That's more than five times the size of the United States.

A hot zone off the South American coast illustrates a little-noticed trend in ocean warming — and the potentially catastrophic effects it can bring to marine life. Hot spots like these are the scenes of a critical acceleration, places where geophysical processes are amplifying the general warming trend. They unveil which parts of the Earth will suffer the largest changes.

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Monday, September 9, 2019

Chicago biotech company 3D prints a mini human heart

First Major Labor Strike in Amazon's Company History - Climate Change

BBC News: Climate change: 'Invest $1.8 trillion to adapt'



Climate change: 'Invest $1.8 trillion to adapt' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49635546

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Bloomberg: The Massive Cost of Not Adapting to Climate Change

Amazing Rescue from Golden Ray cargo ship - US Coastguard saves trapped crew members



Golden Ray cargo ship: US Coastguard saves trapped crew members - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49638943

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Thursday, September 5, 2019

Greentech Media News: EDF Renewables Acquires EV Charging Startup PowerFlex Systems

Greentech Media News: EDF Renewables Acquires EV Charging Startup PowerFlex Systems.
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/edf-renewables-buys-powerflex
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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Trump map mysteriously loops in Alabama by sharpie, demonstrating signs of increasing insanity



Hurricane Dorian: Trump map mysteriously loops in Alabama - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49587232

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Why does Trump's hurricane map look different than all others?

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Sunday, September 1, 2019

Dorian breaks Bahamas all-time hurricane intensity record


000 WTNT45 KNHC 011457 TCDAT5 Hurricane Dorian Discussion Number 33 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL052019 1100 AM EDT Sun Sep 01 2019 Air Force and NOAA reconnaissance planes penetrated the distinct eye of Dorian, and found that the hurricane has become extremely intense with a stadium effect in the eye. The NOAA plane reported a peak flight-level wind of 159 kt, while the SFMR from both planes have measured winds between 155 and 170 kt. A dropsonde from the NOAA plane measured a wind gust of 176 kt at the surface. A blend of these measurements yield to an initial intensity of 155 kt, making Dorian the strongest hurricane on record in the northwestern Bahamas.